Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
7444
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
147
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
6029
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
93
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
zoo hmo
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
thov
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Nyob zoo
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Laos
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
310,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
China
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
31,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
621
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.70 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Hmong
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Mong
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
hmong
pachto
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Pashtun
Origin
19
1651
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hmong
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2482
1
120
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Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hmn
pus
ISO 639 2/B
hmn
pus
ISO 639 3
hmv
pus
ISO 639 6
hmn
pus
Glottocode
firs1234
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional